Drop
by Lorene

Comment:
Nice -- I like the soft blur on the petals and the contrast with the sharp edges on the drop.

"Oh give me land, lots of land and the starry skies above... don't fence me in..."
by talj

Comment:
Well composed, rich colors ad pleasing to the eye. The narrow crop helps accentuate the linear feel to the landscape. I don't care much for the overly thick border, and wish the clouds on the left weren't cut off on the edge, but those are minor nits.

Heartland - earth and sky
by alexjack

Comment:
Very nice. The clouds, earth and windmill all come together, and you've captured the colors and feel of the landscape very well.

Safe From The Elements
by Qart

Comment:
I like this. Nice composition, rich colors and tones.

dreamypix
by LanceW

Comment:
WTG Lance -- this rocks! Great score to lead GoldenEye to its week 1 win. Woot Woot!

pucker up!
by shaenae6453

Comment:
This image was overlooked by the voters and deserved a far better score than it received. It has a wonderful vintage feel to it, the desaturation was well done, and I love the use of the muted colors -- looks like a hand tinted B&W shot from the 1950s.

I gave you the 9. I see this was your first entry ... I hope you don't get too discouraged by the score and we get to see more of your work around here in the future.

Imposing
by krnodil

Comment:
I like the lines and angles in this shot. Would have liked it more without the tree, but I guess you didn't bring your axe with you, eh? ;>P

GoldenEye
by chip_k

Comment:
Ha ha ha .. you looking for a spot on our team? lol. Nice shot and good use of selective desat, but not sure I like the feet and wings cropped off.

Tricoleur
by xianart

Comment:
Nice idea, but to carry off the two color desat I think you needed to stop down more so that the foreground is in focus too. Nice contrast and tones in the sky and clouds.

I Left My Heart in San Francisco
by EstimatedEyes

Comment:

Originally posted by kawhona: I like the use of desat here ... nice shot. Does the desat make the highlights brighter ?

Thanks. Actually the background was pretty blown out because the subjects were all in shadows and the buildings in the distance were in full sun, and I bumped the exposure up by at least a couple of stops to expose for the foreground (I rarely shoot in RAW, and almost never on a walkabout). The desat helped because it made the background less noticeable and less distracting.

Still not the greatest shot technically, but I really liked the juxtaposition of the two lonely characters with the bright heart spanning the gap between them.